Combined sewing-machine and stand.



PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

COMBINED SEWING MACHINE AND STAND.

B. REPR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT curios.

CLINTON B. REPP, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T CATHERINE M. M. VAHJEN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINED SEWING-MACHINE" STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed March 30. 1907. Serial No. 365.537.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, CLINTON/B. REPP, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the borough of-Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined SewingMachines and Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined sewing-inachine and stand, in which the sewinginachinc can be operated when supported on stanc consisting of a forked upright standard attached to one end of the base-plate, an inclined standard attached to the other end of the base-plate, and a brace-rod connectin the lower ends of the forked and incline standards.

The invention consists further of certain details of construction which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side-elevation of my improved combined sewing-machine and stand, Fig. 2

- is an end-elevation of the same, showing the treadle and fly-wheel, Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3, 3, Fig. 1, showing the base plate of the sewin '-machine drawn on a larger scale, Fig. 4 is a etail-section, showing the application of a hand-crank to the sewingmachine when it is desired to run the same by hand.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a sewing-machine of a smaller size, which is made preferably of the Wilcox &.Gibbs type for making the chain-stitch. The sewingmachine is provided with a feed, a stitchregulator, a tension-device for the thread, and other well-known accessories.

' The frame a of the sewing-machine is provided at its lower part with a horizontal base plate I), which is preferably cast integral with the frame a of the sewing-machine, the baseplate being of circular shape at its middle portion where it connects with the frame of the sewing-machine, and provided at its opposite ends, in line with the center of the uprights of the sewing-machine frame, with the narrow extensions 0, c, of difierent.

lengths. The longer lug is provided at its outer end with an upwardly-extending rectangular lug or shoulder cl 7 The base-plate b is of sufficient strength to support the sewing-machine and also form the support for the upper part of a so-calledv knock-down stand, which is composed of three plarts, a forked upright main-standard g whi is connected at the lower part by-a transverse brace g made integral with the standard g and near its middle part by a transverse brace 9 both braces being perforated as shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the standard g is provided with an inwardlyprojecting shoulder i on which the shouldered end of the base-plate b is supported, as shown in Fig. 1. The up or end of the forked standard 9 is attachec by a screw it to the shouldered end of the base-plate, so that the same rests firmly on the inwardly-projecting shoulder L of the same. To the opposite extension 0 of the base-plate b is attached the upper lug-shaped end f of an inclined standard f which has an obtusely-angled bend f at its lower end, and which is connected by a horizontal brace-rod f with the strengthening brace g at the lower end of the forked main-standard, said rod being bent at its ends and-attached by fastening-screws s to the inclined standard f and to the transverse. brace of the forked main-standard g, as shown in Figs. 1 and '2.

To the horizontal rod f 3 is pivoted a treadle t which is provided with an extension-lever t to the outer end of which is applied a pitman p which is pivoted to the arm 15 and to one of the spokes of a fly-wheel w. The flywheel w turns in bearings of a stud-shaft on the transverse brace g of the forked mainstandard, as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. The motion of the fly-wheel w is transmitted by a belt .or cord 0 to a pulley or driven-wheel o '7 of a connecting-rod 0 in the usual manner,

while the stitch-formingparts of the sewingmachine, thefeed; regulator, etc. are operated from the shaft m inany approved man ner.

The supporting-stand is made up of two separable standards 9 and f which are screwed to the base-plate and to the connecting-rod when the sewing-machine is to be mounted thereon. By unscrewing the various connecting-screws the stand may be detached from the base-plate of the sewing-machine, and thereby-conveniently packed, together with the treadle, pitman and fly-wheel, in a small box separate from the sewing-machine. When it is desired to mount the machine on the stand, the parts are easily placed in position according to printed instructions, so that the small-sized sewingmachine can be used in the same manner as a large-sized machine by foot power, and thereby not only greater enjoyment obtained in running the same,-but also better and more effective work as the use of the hand for operating the crank of the sewingmachine is dispensed with and thereby both hands are available for sewing.

When the sewing-machine is to be run as a foot-power machine, the hand-crank e is removed, but when it is desired to use it as a hand operated machine then the screwpivot 01; by which the connecting rod 0 is applied to the pulley ordriven-wheel 0 is removed and the hand-crank screwed thereon, as shown in Fig. 5. In this case the sewing machine can be used as a hand-machine, either on the stand, or detached from the same, in the same manner as the well known small-sized toy sewing-machines The combined sewing-machine and stand has the advantage that it can be operated either by hand or by foot, whereby the running of the machine gives greater pleasure to the user, while owing tot e simplicity of low price, so as to be within the reach of nearly every one, especially as the work .done by the machine is about the same as that done on a large-sized and more eXpen-' sivemachine.

, Having; thus described my invention, I

claim as new; and desire to secure by Letters Patent;

1. The-combinsgqom with a sewin -ma chine provided with ahfii-plate at the ower part of its frame, of a k c k-down supporting-stand for the same conslsting of a forked and braced main-standard attached to oneend of the base-plate, an inclined 'st@ndard attached to the opposite end of the ba'selate, a bottom brace-rod connecting th lbwer ends of the main and inclined standards, means for connecting the base-plate with the upper ends of the main and inclined i '70,

standards, and means for connecting the lower ends of the standards with the bottombrace-rod.

2. The combination, with a sewin -machine provided With a base-plate at the ower end of its frame, said base-plate having an extension with an upwardly-extending 'lug, of a knock-down supporting-stand consisting of a forked and braced. main-standard provided with a shoulder at its u per end for the extension of said base-p ate,

an inclined standard attached to the opposite end of the base-plate, a bottom bracerod connecting the lower ends of the main and inclined standards, and means for attaching the upper ends of the forked main and inclined standards to the opposite ends of the base-plate and the lower ends of the same to the bottom brace-rod.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

.CLINTON B. REPP" Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

